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Consignes of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their goods are being lunded and placed THIS HIST in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery osa be obtained as the Goods Bre iandod

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instratione ore given to the contrary before 6 hours

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NATION'S TRIBUTE TO

DEAD.

OUR HEROES' GRAVES

own 1TB have its

The publication of the report of Bir Frederic Kenyon, Director of the British Museum, on the architectural treatment and laying out of the cemeteries where; men of the British race, fighting for a common cause, lie in peace, reveals the progress which has been mada in dealing with a matter in which almost every home in the British Empire is concerned Sir. Frederic Kenyon was appointed year ago as adviser to the Imperial War Graves Commission, and his recommenda tions have been framed after consultation with all those most intimately concerned with this matter of perpetuating the memory of the heroes who fell in the Great War, and thus laid the foundations. of a new and better order of life for the

world.

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NAVY.

LENGTH ON THE WATERLINE

beadstone, of uniform THE "HUSH” SHIP OF THE dimensions, on which the name of the dead would be carved, with his rank, regiment, and date of death. Of theso two alternatives Sir Frederic Kenyon's recommendation was definitely in favour of the second,

INDIVIDUAL HEADSTONES.

It is recommended that the headstones should normally be 2ft. din. in height and tft. 3in, in width. The stones would be let into concrete baacs, so as to lessen the danger of their losing their perpen- in a few cemeterics, dicular position. where the burials are very crowded, it will be impracticable to have individual beadstones. in such cosce it may be accessary to bave a single monument for These, however, each plot of ground.

are quite exceptional cases.

840 FEET.

The British Government has just re- lease pictures of what have been popular- ly known ashush" ships. It is stated that five of these ships have been com- place. The ides underlying their design was to provide a vessel of such size and speed that it would be capable of over- taking any vessels of any kind whatso ever, even the fastest destroyers with speeds of 36 to 36 knots, and sinking them.

THE DESTROYER DESIGN,

In their proportions of length to beam and draft, they are practically vastly In order to exure a certain amount of enlarged destroyers, the ratio of beam variety in uniformity, and, at the same time, to gratify regimental feeling it to length being about that of the destroy. was proposed that each regiment, ofers, or, say, one to ten or one to eleven; uther convenient unit, should have its The recommendations contained in the own pattern of headstone, incorporating their draft is very much less than that of a battle-cruiser or battleship. report have been generally adopted by the regimental badge, which will be orect

ed over the grave of every man of that Moreover, like the destroyers, their on-

buried. the Commission, which is au Imperial regiment, wherever he may be body, acting under the authority of the Artistic advice, however, was unanimous trance, ruu, and after body are exceed Aingly fine. They have the same charac- Imperial War Conference. The subjectly in favour of a uniform shape. was carefully considered by the repre- simple pattern with curved top has ac entatives of the Empire last year, and cordingly been approved; and these head-teristic lofty bow, with reduced freeboard again this year; and the constitution and stones will replace the temporary wooden throughout the after part of the ship. crosses which at present mark the graves

Like the destroyers, they are devoid of functions of the Commission were defined

The War in all cemeteries,

armour. They are driven by geared after careful consideration.

turbine engine, and although, for their Graves Commission will, in due courge.

length, the displacement in far less thin receive its Royal Charter, based upon the

that of a battle-cruiser, the horse-power views unanimously

must be approximately the same, if not greater, for we are reliably informed that they are capable of making and maintaining sen speed of 40 knots. That they can make this speed and sustain it is suggested by the fact that when, following our entrance into the war and French and British mistions were immediately despatched to the United States for consultation with Government, one of these ships was selected to carry the British mission, in- cluding Mr. Arthur Baltour, across the Atlantic, and made the trip, we learn from reliable authority, in three days'

Regimental distinctions are, however, still to be observed in the patterns of the

credited repreacupressed by the ne headstones The suggestions sont in by

of the United the various units were carefully consid Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions, red, and it was found that a large num the other Colonies, and India The Comber of them could, with slight alteration, be brought into conformity with two or Bach head mission is thus constituted ou an In- perial basis. Its president is the Prince three patterns of designs.

of Waice

Bir Frederic Kenyon was chosen by the War Graves Commission to consider the main problems which the care of all the the patient efforts which he has evidently war graves preecat, and, in the light of made to view the postter in a large spirit, it may be hoped that bis recommendations, already accepted by the Commission, will meet with the concurrence of public It is opinion throughout the Empire.

been to and apparent that is define bes, hoperial and national feeling, of varying religious beliefs, and of often divergent sentiment among the relatives of those who have made so great a sacrifice for so great á

cause.

PROPOBALE IN DETAIL.'

stone accordingly win bear, with some variedice of arrangement, the badge of the regiment or other unit, executed either in metal or by a special process and an inscription, giving the name, of engraving now under trial,

a cross,

our

MAIN BATTERY ONLY TWO GUNS Another remarkablo festure the main battery, which consists of only two 10-inch guns mounted in single turrets, one forward un the foo'sle deck, the other aft on the main dock.

regiment, and date of death, Bir Froderio Kenyan neommended that leave should be given for a short inscription of not more than three lines, to be added on the application of the

other person of out time. next-of-kin, tion (rich, or

Prof community), whose claim was approved by the commission, and at the the applicant; but that the inscription must be of the nature of a text or prayer, and that the commission should have ab solute power of rejection or

or acceptance. As to the central monument, Sir E. Lutyens suggested at an early stage that the main memorial in every British cens tery should be one great fair stone of fino proportions, 12ft. in length, lying raised upon three steps, of which the first and third shall be twice of the second and that each stone shall the bear, in indelible lettering, some typify

The idea and symbolism of this great says the report, memorial altar stone,

go far to meet our requirements, but they do not go all the way. It lacks the definitely Christian character and love not represent be idea of self-sacrifice For this the one essential symbol is the Cross. The Jews are, necessarily, inter mixed with their Christian comrades; but it is believed that their feelings will be eatisfied by the inclusion of their religi ous symbol (the double triangle, or

In his report, Bir Frederic Kenyon says:- My endeavour bna been to ar- rive at a result which will, so far as may be, satisfy the feelings of relatives and comrades of those who, lie in these cemeterics; which will represent the sol- dierly spirit and discipline in which they fought and fell; which will

width

There was always the possibility that one of the knot German battle-cruisers or some of the fast German scouts might make a dash out of North Bea, by night or in foggy weather, and prey upon Allied shipping. The cruise of the that it was possible for a raiding ship to maintain itself on the high seag by supplying itself with coal and provisions It cao from captured enemy vessels. readily be understood that, if the Ger mans had possessed the initiative and the courage to make such a break into did the open (which we now know they

Army to which they belonged; which will thought or words of sacred dedication Emden and other German raiders proved

give expression to those deeper emotions, of regimental comradeship, of service to their Army, their King, their country, and their God, which under-lay (perhaps often unconsciously) their sacrifice of themselves for the cause in which they fought, and which in ages, to come will be a dignified memorial, worthy of the nation and of the men who gave their lives for it, in the lands of the Allies with whom and for whom they fought

the

along

Cemeterice,

not posBCBS), an armoured cruiser or a

group of 30-knot scouts could have creat ed frightful havoc among Allied ship Ping, and it would have been very dif ficult to run down and capture them. headstone, and that they would not be great size and sca-keeping qualities, and Star of David) in the design of their These special ships, however, with their offended by the presence of the Cross in the cemetery. It will be understood that their high speed, would have been admir- where our Mohammeden, Hindu, and ably qualified for meeting and defeating other non-Christian fellow-subjects lie any such raiding enterprise on the part (and care bas always been taken to bury of the Germans before it had gone very them apart) their graves will be treated far.

in accordance with their own religious Subsequently, two of these ships were Beliefs and practices, and their own reconverted into mother ships for eca- ligious symbol will be placed over than. planes, of which they were capable of The changes carrying a large number. involved the removal of the after gun

ALTAR ETONS AND CRONS.

and the construction of a a long runway or launching platform extending from the bridge aft. The structure was built of steel, the vertical column, upon which

There is great variety in the circum- stances of the cemeteries, and consequent ly in the problems connected with their disposition and decoration. Many of them have been formed in connection with hospitals and casualty clearing in which the burials can usualls ta with some. forethought and de liberation. Some are in towns of villages, and often adjoin the communal cemeteries. Others are open country; which may present all kinds of natural features. Some are in woods, some in orchards, some in open fields, some

"My recommendation, therefore, de- the

of rouds. edges

Other

finitely is that these two forms of monu- again, have been formed during the pigment should be combined; that in every gress of fighting, when opportunity occurred (as it often did not occur) of onetery there should be, on the east side collecting and burying the dead on the unless fecal conditions render it impracit was carried being placed inboard far field of battle. For these there was little ticable, a memorial stone aa recommend- choice of site, and they may be founded by Sir E. Lutyens; and elsewhere in

The erection of these platforms, which anywhere in the areas where the armies the cemetery a cross. The cross, should second battery. have fought; and in some cases it more the nature of the crosses found in my length, involved, of course, the addition

be not be of the bare pattern, but rather of

were structures of great width and necessary to move them in order to pro

or tbe serve them at all. And, besides these

English country churchyards, there are the thousands of isolated Celtic crosses characteristic of Northern of a large amount of weight; but if the guns were of the size stated above, the burials-men buried hastily where they Britain. The size, pattern, and position fell, men buried by the shell or mine ex- would be left to the artist who designs removal of the after 15-inch gun and its mounting und ammunition The cross and stone com- turret, plosion which killed them, men whose each cemetery. bodies could not be reached at the time for bined would be the universal mark of the supply would probably compensate for

British war cemetery, subsequently, Brit burial, and so have be the voted the inscription on the stone,

With regard to the weight of the platform.

I would The length of these ships on the water. Bought out and buried by labour of the officers and men of the only suggest that it must be short, and line is $40-ft. At a ratio of 10 to 1, the that its effectiveness must not depend beam would be about so feet. Scientific directorate. These single buriala, now marked by their wooden crosses up and upon literary associations. down the battlefielda, preot a special problem.

A COMMON MEMORIAL,

from, the Bible, or some words which

of themselves strike the right note in the hearts of those who read them, is what is required." It was felt that the provision of mond- These recommendations have been initiative. The Commission decided has been selected from the Bible by Mr.

memorial should be common also; and

enough to permit the operation of the

American

With regard to isolated burials, the report states that while in some cases- at High Wood or round be the Butte de possible to enclose the whole locality and and a monument of the battle,

EASTERN BATTLEFIELDB. Dealing finally with the method of giving effect to his proposals, Bir Frederie Kenyon recommended that the meteries should be divided into a fow Jarge groups; that to each group should assigned one principal architect and a

ments could not be left to individual | adopted, and an inecription for the stone for examplerlencourt-it may

they desired that the cemetories should the erection of a small building in each cemetery, it will be necessary to move that as the sacrifice had been common the Kiplinbions were also submitted for conyert it into what will be at once be the symbol of a great Army and an cemetery for the keeping of the register as a united Empira. It was therefore, ordain-of graves, and to serve as a place of the bodies to a selected site, clear of the ed that all, whatever their military rank worship for visitors, and for the horticul villages which will rise again from their or position in civil life, should have

If these are adopted the reins, but readily accessible from roads, tural design. equal treatment in their graves. This general appearance of a British cemetery and hear some place where a caretaker decision has given pain in some quarters. be that of an enclosure with plote my live. The same considerations apply Not a few relatives have been looking of grass or flowers (or both), separated to many of the smaller cometerice.

memorial of their by paths of varying size, and set with forward to placing a own choosing over the graves which mean orderly rows of headstones, uniform in eo much to them

Tot i

it is hoped that height and width, but with slight differ even then will realise that they are naked snoe of shape. Shrubs and trees will be to join in an action of even bigher signi- arranged in various places, sometimes us Fichinoe The orifice of the individual is clumps at the junctions of ways, some a great idea and worthy of commemora times as avenues along the sides of the tion; but the community of sacrifice, the principal paths, sometimes around the service of a poinmen cause, the comrade bordure of the cemetery. The number of younger men, working under WIREp of arms which has brought together will, wherever possible, face towards the s leadership; that the majority of the men of all ranks and grades these are east, and at the eastern end of the tectorite should be designed by the PITTSBURGH STEEL CO greater idons, which should be commemetery will be a great altarstone, ruid ounger men, but that their plans should rated in those cemeterice where they lie upon broad steps, and bearing some brief be submitted to the principal architost together."

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